Recent content by Rosie

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    Barclays App Requirements

    I do have a small laptop yes, but I can't sit up in bed - it's almost impossible to hold, let alone use! Have you ever tried to use devices while lying flat? I use a Kindle Fire. The ONLY tablet I ever want to use. Yes, I can use other forms of banking if I choose to but I wanted to use the...
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    Barclays App Requirements

    Yes, the truth is that I couldn't live with spending that kind of money on a phone I would rarely use. I don't do Social tedium - I mean Media. I would rather slit my throat. I play games. By myself. My one concession to the web is my website because I had an interesting career. Apart from...
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    Barclays App Requirements

    Oh and I don't do monthly contracts, just the most basic PAYG tarrif. I've had several phones just for emergencies where I had to use the phone once in six months to keep the account going. I lost all three accounts because I never had to use them. Which illustrates how feel and my husband...
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    Barclays App Requirements

    There we go again. Different mind-set. I don't want a phone subsidised by anyone. I pay for what I have, in full and to the limit I set. I have never in my life had anything I haven't paid for in full at the point of sale, never had a day in the red anywhere, never bought anything on...
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    Barclays App Requirements

    Yep I am in the UK. I had someone from the Bank on the phone this morning who explained that it's doubtful that they will ever be able to produce an app for the type of phone that's within my budget. Sorry, but I come from a generation that regards the prices people call ' budget' phones as...
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    Barclays App Requirements

    At Barclays Bank it says that the phone requirements are "iOS 15 or later Android 5 or later". Knowing nothing about mobiles I bought an Android 11. Got it set up. Tried to get the App/Mobile Banking App from the Playstore. It's not there. Just about every other UK Bank's App is, as are...